Happy Tails for Chica (formerly Chicka)

November 13, 2011

Hey y’all –

It’s me, Miss Chica. I got adopted on May 22 and am now living the good life down in Southern Maryland. My new pack members are an older couple who were looking for a mature dog with a calm personality (sounds just like me!) and I was looking for a new pack so it was a perfect match.

My new home is very pleasant lots of toys, a comfy bed, tasty food and a big yard to run around. The yard has lots of birds, squirrels, rabbits and an occasional duck. I love to scare the squirrels by pretending I’m chasing them. My front yard has the biggest wading pool I’ve ever seen! The human pack members call it a creek and on really hot days I get to splash in it (with their permission and supervision).

I take my humans for walks several times a day and really enjoying checking out who has been walking in my neighborhood since there are other labs on our street. Every morning the human female and I play fetch the tennis ball (this is my favorite activity, almost as satisfying as eating). She throws and I retrieve…I love this game and could play it all day! But the human stops after a while saying she has “chores” to do. I really don’t mind too much because I’m an easy-going girl plus when we go back inside I can catch a quick nap.

But the best part of living here is that every day I get a lot of love. Whether it’s a quick head pat, or being petted while I parade around the room with a toy, or lying on the floor getting a tummy rub, I’m always ready to soak up the love. I show my delight by wagging my tail as hard as I can. My humans say I have a very noisy tail cause I’m always whacking it against the furniture, their legs or the floor; but it’s just my way of showing happiness.

So if you read my story and wondered what happened to me, I got a “happily ever after” ending. I want to thank the LRR team for their great care and for finding me my new forever home. Gotta go now, my human has a tennis ball in her hand.

About Happy Tails

LRR takes special pride in the many happy endings we've had the privilege
to facilitate. We enjoy following up with our adoptive homes to make sure
all is going smoothly. It is especially gratifying to hear these great
stories, particularly when some of these labs were rescued from awful
situations and environments.

Some of our most neglected labs have gone on
to key roles within families, including helping unresponsive autistic
children to speak first sentences; providing emotional support to
children who are sick from chemotherapy; and teaching other children that
being adopted is a wonderful thing. We hope you will enjoy a sampling of
our "Happy Tails."

Special Stories

Please take a few minutes to read these extraordinary stories about a
few special LRR dogs: